If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition that is not pure metaphysical jargon and chatter must have some possible bearing upon practice.


Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce (ed. Harvard University Press, 1974) - ISBN: 9780674138025

Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition...

If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition...

If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition...

If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition...